On the other hand, access to the same basket of technological possibilities can unleash the creative powers of a student whose performance in traditional classroom activities is indifferent. It's by no means guaranteed, but the shift to thinking of the technologies as augmenting learning frees us from the limitation of thinking of the tools as better (flashier, more appealing) ways to package lessons or construct alternatives to the full frontal lecture. This, in short is why I prefer "learning technologies" as a label for the overall enterprise.